Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 110 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- Japanese
- Country
- Japan
- Violence
- Moderate
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- In Japanese — subtitles on.
The story
A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant Tazaemon and sake merchant Tokuemon to hire him as a personal bodyguard, then artfully sets in motion a full-scale gang war between the two ambitious and unscrupulous men.
- japan
- samurai
- swordplay
- gambling
- sword
- bodyguard
- black and white
- fighting
- period drama
- family
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Toshirō Mifune
Sanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai
Tatsuya Nakadai
Unosuke, gunfighter
Yōko Tsukasa
Nui
Isuzu Yamada
Orin
- Daisuke Katō — Inokichi
- Seizaburō Kawazu — Seibê - brothel operator
- Takashi Shimura — Tokuemon, sake brewer
- Hiroshi Tachikawa — Yoichiro
- Yōsuke Natsuki — Kohei's Son
- Eijirō Tōno — Gonji, Tavern Keeper
- Kamatari Fujiwara — Tazaemon
- Ikio Sawamura — Hansuke
- Atsushi Watanabe — The Cooper (Coffin-Maker)
- Susumu Fujita — Homma, Instructor Who Skips Town
- Kyū Sazanka — Ushitora
- Directed
- Akira Kurosawa
- Written
- Ryuzo Kikushima, Akira Kurosawa
Production
- Studio
- TOHO
The Collection
The complete story, in order.
1961 · You’re hereYojimbo
Where it starts.
Sanjuro
1962
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
